Apparatus for locating and raising sunken ships.



G. McMlCKLE.

APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND RAISING SUNKEN SHIPS.

APPucATloN man Nov.a.1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND RAISING SUNKEN SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. |917.

Patented Mar. V, M8.

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GUY MCMICKLE, OF FRENCH LICK, INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND RAISING SUN KEN SHIPS.

Application filed November 8. 1917.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY MoMrckLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at French Lick, in the county of Orange and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improve-ments in Apparatus for Locating and Raising Sunken Ships; and do hereby declare the following to be a full7 clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus for locating sunken ships and affording means whereby they may be raised.

The invention consists essentially in the provision of floats containing compressed air and carried upon the vessel and having connection with cables adapted to wind upon reels mounted upon the deck of the vessel and which cables are adapted, when unreeled, to engage anchorage means upon the vessel, and affording means whereby the latter may be raised to the surface 0f the water.

My invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specificially defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accom panying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in which Figure l. is a view showing the application of my device to a ship.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through a ship, showing the floats upon the surface of the water and connected by cables t0 the sunken ship.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the reel, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Serial No. 200,951.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letters:

A designates a ship, and upon the deck thereof at any suitable location, are mounted the reels B, preferably under suitable housings, and each reel has a central disk C, with a notch D therein. Floats, designated by letter E and which in the present instance arc shown as of spherical shape, are adapted to contain air under pressure, and knobs F project from the floats at points diametrically opposite and are adapted to be connected to the ends of the cables H. Each cable at its central portion is placed in the notch D of the central disk C and the cable wound upon either side of said disk, and when the cables are entirely wound up the floats will rest in the central outlined easings upon the disk.

The ship is provided with steel beams N, securely fastened to the sides of the ship and the upper portion of each beam is bent to form a loop 0 above the reel, and so positioned that 'when the cable is unreeled it will engage the loop and form a secure anchorage of the cable to the ship. Any number of said floats may be employed, preferably at positions opposite each other.

In operation, the floats are normally held within the casings K upon the deck of the ship and in the event of the latter sinking, the floats will rise to the surface of the latter, cables unreeling. Vhen the floats reach the surface of the water they will designate the location of the ship and heavy tackle means may be attached to the cables and drawn down through the loop portions of the beams and of sufficient strength whereby the vessel may be raised to the surface.

That I claim to be new is An apparatus for locating and raising sunken vessels comprising in combination with the hull of the vessel, vertically disposed beams secured to the inner surface of the side walls 0f the hull of the vessel each with their lower ends inwardly curved and conforming to the bilge of the hull, each beam bent to form an inverted U-shaped loop extending` above the deck, the inner which the ends of the cables are attached at end of each beam bent laterally underneath points diametrically opposite. l@ the deck, reels positioned one underneath In testimony whereotl I hereunto aiiix my each loop and each having an intermediate signature in presence of two Witnesses.

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the ends ot' the reels, cables each folded mid- Witnesses: Way its length and engaging a notch and eX- WV. E. LEvnNGooD, tending upon either side of a loop, ioats to Gr. M. SCHUHMACHER.

Copies of this patient may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

